Bill Text: MI HB5113 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services; children's services; requirements of the department of health and human services when the child of a detained parent or guardian is in custody; establish. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 18f.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-10-17 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/12/2017 [HB5113 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5113-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5113
October 12, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Chang, Howrylak, Hertel, Moss, Pagan, Pagel, Yaroch, Hammoud, Liberati, Wittenberg, Sowerby, Elder, Green, Guerra, Rabhi, Lilly, Marino, Inman, LaSata and Jones and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 18f.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18f. (1) If a minor child, whose parent or guardian has
been detained under the control and custody of or deported by the
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is taken into
protective custody or placed with the department for care and
supervision, a caseworker must notify the parent's or guardian's
appropriate consular office in accordance with the Vienna
Convention on Consular Relations not more than 48 hours after the
time the minor child comes within the department's care and
supervision, if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) That parent or guardian has not executed a power of
attorney for the care and custody of the minor child.
(b) There is no relative to provide for the care and custody
of the minor child.
(2) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the
amendatory act that added this section, the department shall
develop and implement a system that collects and maintains data
regarding children who come under the department's care and
supervision as described in subsection (1). The data collected
under this subsection must include, but are not limited to, all of
the following:
(a) The child's name.
(b) The child's race or ethnicity.
(c) Whether or not the consulate was contacted.
(d) The status of the case, if it is still open, or the
outcome of the case, if it is closed.
(3) The information in subsection (2)(a) shall only be made
available internally to department staff. The information in
subsection (2)(b) to (d) may be made accessible to the public.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
